Common nightingale: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common nightingale lives – recorded in 51 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Luscinia megarhynchos
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	51 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	2.65 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Muscicapidae

Where does the common nightingale live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common nightingale in 51 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common nightingale?

Wikidata records the following for the common nightingale: mass 2.65 g (birth weight).

Is the common nightingale endangered?

The common nightingale’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common nightingale?

The common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Muscicapidae, genus Luscinia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common nightingale

The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is known for its powerful and beautiful song, often described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature. An Old World flycatcher, it belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats. Its range partly overlaps with that of the more northerly thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia), a closely related species with which hybrids have occurred.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common nightingale (revision 1371092226), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25393 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).